Notes:
The Course is Putney to Mortlake except 1829 (Henley); Westminster to Putney 1839-42; Mortlake to Putney 1846, 1856, 1862 and 1863.
The first Boat Race was in 1829 but did not become an annual event until 1856. There were also interruptions during the two world wars. This table shows all the races since 1829.
*1 Consolidated times due to race interruption
*2 The closest race
*3 Race stopped and restarted
*4 Race Record
*5 Cambridge are first to use 'hatchet' blades
*6 First Sunday race after Cambridge sinking
*7 Sue Brown becomes first woman to compete
*8 Cambridge sank
*9 Oxford are first to use plastic boat
*10 Oxford sank
*11 Both crews sank in first race on 30th March
*12 Oxford use 'swivel' rowlocks for the first time
*13 The only ever dead-heat
*14 Sliding seats used for the first time
*15 Outriggers first introduced